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PAT opposes increase in power tariff

The recent per unit hike in power tariff by Rs. 4 will further compound people’s
economic stress and unleash a wave of dearness in the country. The increase in cost
per unit is all the more deplorable in view of the fact that the country has been
suffering from the worst outages in history. The situation calls for drastic actions
on the part of those in power to stem the tide of inflation and power hike.

G.M. Malik, Spokesman of Pakistan Awami Tehreek, expressed these views while
reacting to the latest decision of NEPRA to increase the per unit cost of power.
He said that for a government which came into power in the name of people, such
decisions belied its claims of being the representatives of the masses. He said
that the poor were already bearing the brunt of skyrocketing dearness and these
periodic increases in power tariffs would make their lives hell. He said that economy
suffered hugely as a result of power crisis, which in turn gave birth to unemployment
at a mass scale.

PAT Spokesman asked the parliament and political parties to play its role in
seeking a reversal of the decision by taking care of public interest. Drawing attention
to the situation in Balochistan, he said that the province was in need of serious
efforts to defuse the situation there. He said that the real grievances of the people
needed to be redressed and immediate actions taken to bring them into national mainstream.